The Milan Army Ammunition Plant (MLAAP) will conduct a drawing for public deer hunting. The following permits are available for the 2018-19 seasons. Deer season dates are forthcoming in Plant Notice on website.

Season

# MLAAP permits

Cost

Archery

70

$25.00

Muzzleloader

44

$25.00

Gun

44

$25.00

Age Requirement: Must be 21 years old Application deadline: July 10, 2018

To apply for Random Drawing please send only the following information /money:

Copy of TWRA Hunter Safety Certificate from any state

List personal information: name, address, phone number

List which seasons you want to be drawn for: (archery, muzzle, gun). You can apply for all 3 seasons – but if not specified– will be put in archery drawing only.

Application fee: Total of $5.00 (no matter how many seasons you apply for). This fee is non-refundable but will be applied toward the purchase of a MLAAP permit if and when all requirements are met. Check or money order payable to the U.S. Treasury (cash not accepted).

If Selected: You will be notified by letter in the mail. Also included will be Application Form 813. The following requirements must be met before you can purchase your MLAAP hunting permit:

All hunters must have either a NCIC-III background check or possess a CAC (common access card). We no longer accept the TBI background check or current handgun carry permit. For instructions on how to apply for a NCIC-III see 2018 MLAAP hunting/fishing permit sales under “Hunting Notices” on website.

All hunters, except guests and dependents less than 18 yrs old, must attend a Hunter Orientation Class (exempt if attended within past 4 years). Contact Peggy Beasley, 731-686-6682, to register for a class or for the last date you attended. The 2018 orientation schedule is located on MLAAP hunting website.

Check or money order payable to the U.S. Treasury ($25.00 for each season drawn for minus your $5.00 application fee). All MLAAP hunting fees are non-refundable; seasons are subject to cancellation due to increased security posture.

NOTE: Orientation is required for all hunters except guests and those dependents less than 18 yrs of age. Guests are the responsibility of their sponsor.

Orientation classes are required every four (4) years. All hunters who hunt on MLAAP during the 2018-19 season must have attended a hunter orientation class in 2015 or later in order to purchase an MLAAP permit.

We offer two (2) types of orientation classes for the 2018 year.

The public orientation is approximately 1 hour and can only be attended by public hunters(those who applied and were randomly drawn by the Natural Resource Office).

The standard orientation is approximately 1 ½ hours and can be attended by all hunters (to include public hunters only if they cannot attend the early class).

The following scheduled classes will be held on the installation at the Administration Building:

Public

Standard

Location

June 11 (Mon.)

5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

MLAAP Army Conf. Rm.

July 23 (Mon.)

5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

MLAAP Army Conf. Rm.

Aug. 18 (Sat.)

9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

MLAAP Army Conf. Rm

Sept. 11 (Tues)

5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

MLAAP Army Conf. Rm.

Oct. 22 (Mon)

5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

MLAAP Army Conf. Rm.

Please call the Natural Resource Office, 731-686-6682 to register or find out the date of the last orientation you attended.

Sessions will be canceled if hunting seasons are canceled due to increase in security posture.

Coyote Season

MLAAP will conduct a Coyote Season during the 2018 – 2019 Hunting Season. It will open when deer season ends (Jan. 2019) and go through the end of February 2019. Coyotes can be taken during this time using electronic calls in the new coyote zones.

Coyote zones which are a combination of regular hunting zones have been created to accommodate coyotes hunting which requires a larger area. The new coyote map i.e. “MLAAP Coyote Hunting Zone Map (during Coyote Season)” is available from The Natural Resource Office, Guard Dept., and on the hunting website, www.milanarsenalhunting.com. Coyote zones will hold only 1 party of up to 4 hunters at a time.

Coyotes can still be taken during any other hunting seasons (turkey, small game, deer) in which a hunter is licensed for, but only with the legal weapon for that season (bow, muzzleloader, gun). Electronic calls are not allowed during this time and taking of coyotes will not be in the new coyote zones. Please refer to the “2017 MLAAP Hunting Zone Map (Deer/Turkey/Small Game)” that shows zones during these seasons.

Please Note:

Big game hunting and coyote (small game) hunting is not allowed in same zone at same time.

Scouting and Hunting are now allowed in the same zone at the same time.

To apply for a NCIC, Form MLN 190-1 (11/17) must be completed, signed, dated and faxed on American Ordnance Fax Cover Sheet along with DD Form 2923, Sep 2010 Privacy Act Data Cover Sheet to American Ordnance Security at 1-731-686-6619. (Forms are available on hunting website)

Results of your NCIC: will be texted to you as soon as possible. There is no cost to apply for a NCIC and it is an annual requirement.

Turkeys taken on MLAAP are not part of the regular Tennessee State bag limit; are considered bonus birds.

Zone boundaries: Hunter capacity per zone varies. A zone/hunter capacity list, along with a hunting map, is available at T-116 Guard Headquarters or the hunting website.

MOD & P&L areas: open for scouting and hunting Friday- Sunday and on holidays.

Driving on roads: MOD area roads are limited to the patrol road, Rt. 2 road and A-8 road. Driving on P&L area roads is limited to the patrol road and the dividing road between P and L. Only paved or gravel roads may be driven in all other areas.

Weapons: Shotguns and muzzleloading shotguns (20 gauge or larger) loaded with No. 4 shot or smaller are the only legal weapons. No rifles allowed. All shotguns must be cased (hard or soft) during transport.

Turkey Guests: allowed to hunt same dates as their sponsor except for opening turkey week March 31 – April 6.

Public hunters: 32 MLAAP public permits (16 permits for each season) are available for spring turkey seasons (Mar 31 – Apr. 21) and (Apr. 22 – May 13). Public hunters are allowed to hunt Zones 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, Area Q.

Note: Required Assignment/Check-in Procedures:

Hunt Request Form (814) CANNOT be submitted in advance to request a zone for any weekday or weekend turkey hunting EXCEPT for opening weekend (Mar 31 - Apr. 1). The deadline date to submit your request is Mar. 21.

If you submit a turkey request for opening weekend by the deadline date above, you will be randomly assigned a zone. If you want to change your assigned zone when you check in to hunt, you must first hunt your assigned zone before changing zones at 10:00 am.

Hunter will now be required to have 3 items to present to Guard Dispatcher upon check-in: Hunt Request Form 814 (becomes windshield pass), Hunter I.D. Form, MLAAP Permit Card.

Note: Hunter will not be allowed to hunt without Possession of his MLAAP Permit Card.

Upon harvesting a turkey, hunter must put biological data (sex, weight, spur, beard) on form 814 windshield pass and turn in to Guard Dispatcher when checking out. Hunter must also send this data into the State per their phone, computer or at participating check station. (MLAAP is no longer a checking station).

To apply for a NCIC, Form MLN 190-1 (11/17) must be completed, signed, dated and faxed on American Ordnance Fax Cover Sheet along with DD Form 2923, Sep 2010 Privacy Act Data Cover Sheet to American Ordnance Security at 1-731-686-6619. (Forms are available on hunting website)

Results of your NCIC: will be texted to you as soon as possible. There is no cost to apply for a NCIC and it is an annual requirement.

Form is required annually to be sent with Form 813 Application for Hunting/Fishing Permit. This is required for all hunters using firearms on MLAAP. (Form is available on hunting website).

Hunter orientation class is required for all hunters except guests and dependents less than 18 yrs. old. Orientation class is good for 4 years. (If you attended prior to 2015, it is required in 2018). Contact the Natural Resource Office to register for class or for the date of your last orientation.

Purchasing a MLAAP Hunting/Fishing Permit: hunter must first receive NCIC results if applicable and have attended the hunter orientation class if needed PRIOR to sending the following 2 forms with required money and copies to the address below:

Completed Application Form 813 (available on hunting website), applicable fees, copy of CAC card, hunting licenses, proof of hunter safety, copy of State Driver’s license, and copy of active or retired military I.D.

Completed Firearm Inventory for MLAAP Hunters Form

Hunting/Fishing Fees: check or money order payable to the U.S. Treasury. (Cash not accepted). Current/future security conditions may limit access for hunting and/or fishing. All MLAAP hunting/fishing fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.

20.00 Senior Guest (includes all seasons that sponsor is eligible for) for 65 yrs. or older

Note: Guests are now required to submit Form 813 Application for a hunting/fishing permit. Guests must be accompanied by their sponsor (from whom their hunting privilege derives) at all

times. Guests hunting is allowed during all seasons except opening turkey week Mar. 31 – April 6. Guest information for deer seasons will be published in a deer hunting notice at a later date.

General Public Permits:

Random drawings are made for the general public MLAAP permits as follows: 32 turkey, 60 archery, 44 muzzleloader, and 44 gun permits. Public hunters are restricted to Zones 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, & 29, but may also hunt inside zones by purchasing a guest permit and hunting with their sponsor. For more details, see 2018 Public Hunting Notice on hunting website.

The Natural Resource Office doesnot accept a Request Form 814 for any hunting dates except for the following:

Season

Opening Date

Deadline Date

Muzzleloader

Nov. 4-5

Oct. 25

Gun

Nov. 18-19

Nov. 8

For assigned zones, contact Peggy at 731-686-6682 if during working hours

(Mon – Thurs. 6:00 am - 4:30 pm) or contact Gd. Dispatcher after working hours at 731-686-6565. on Oct. 26 for muzzleloader zones and on Nov. 9 for gun zones. Zone assignments will be available on Oct. 26 for muzzleloader and Nov. 9 for gun. and will also be posted on bulletin board at Guard Headquarters.

Request Form 814 can be submitted for opening muzzle & gun weekends as follows:

All guest permits are processed by mail only to the Natural Resource Hunting Office prior to hunting.

Guests may hunt all days during the deer seasons, however only 1 guest per hunter allowed on opening weekend of Muzzleloader season.

2017 MLAAP DOVE FIELDS

Season Dates:

Sept. 1 – Sept. 28
Oct. 14 – Nov. 5
Dec. 8 – Jan. 15

Fields: Three fields are planted in sunflowers; 1 field in Hunting Zone 16 and 2 fields in Hunting Zone 25. All Fields will be mowed prior to opening weekend. Map available from Natural Resource Office.

Field Hunter Limits: maximum of 20 hunters at one time

Legal Shooting Times: One-half hour before legal sunrise to legal sunset, except for dove hunting on opening day when shooting hours will begin at noon.

Shotguns: Shotgun must be incapable of holding more than three rounds.

Daily Bag Limit: 15 (same as State)

Safety: Hunters must be aware where other hunters are located around the field and take appropriate safety precautions.

Note: Deer scouting for Zones 16 and 25 will be allowed from sunrise to 12:00 noon on opening day.

For questions, call Peggy Beasley, Monday through Thursday at 731-686-6682.